Re: Linux 2.4.18pre3-ac1

From: David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com)
Date: Mon Jan 14 2002 - 04:28:31 EST


   From: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman)
   Date: 14 Jan 2002 00:25:16 -0700
   
   But for make -j the forking is done by make and it is nearly a
   fork bomb

Someone has probably mentioned this, but it is important to recognize
that make uses vfork().
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